Currywurst Sauce

Currywurst consists of a tangy tomato curry sauce atop a sliced sausage (typically bratwurst). It’s a popular German street food and is often accompanied by fries.

The sauce in currywurst is called “curry” because it prominently features curry powder, a spice blend that originated from the British adaptation of Indian spice mixes. After World War II, British soldiers stationed in Germany brought curry powder, a product of British colonial history, with them. Herta Heuwer, a Berlin r